SPC Eric D. Salinas

Army SPC Eric D. Salinas, 25, of Houston, TX;

assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade,

2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, WA

died August 2 in Baghdad, Iraq of wounds suffered

when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle.

Died:  August 2, 2007